Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Short-circuit \Short"-cir`cuit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Short-circuited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Short-circuiting}.]
   (Elec.)
   To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two
   points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance.

Source : WordNet®

short-circuit
     v 1: hamper the progress of; impede; "short-circuit warm
          feelings"
     2: create a short-circuit in [syn: {short}]
     3: avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass
        these rules!" [syn: {bypass}, {go around}, {get around}]